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Front Leaf springs
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Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:05 pmby Ethan
As far as I can remember seeing many old truck suspensions, the front leaf springs are not supposed to be sitting perfectly flat are they? I think my front shocks are worn out because the front sits much lower then the rear, the front bumper is only about a foot off the ground maybe less, does anyone know where to get good replacement shocks?
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:16 pmby MikeMiller/old
The springs would make it lower not the shocks, the shocks damped the spring bounce but do not give support to the vehicle. It is possible someone has removed a few leaves from the springs to lower it, or they may be in need of being re-arched. Growing up with hot-rods in the 60's I thought the front was supposed to set lower than the rear. If they look like they are running down hill all the time they should run faster, right? MM
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:45 amby Isaaciniowa
My international is like that, it's quite low to the ground, I just take this in stride and consider it "nature's lowering kit"
Someone tried to fix this in the past and installed a heavy duty spring on the front, that's right, only one, so not only was my truck lowered, but it was lopsided.... a leaf out of the heavy spring pack evened it right up.
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:16 amby Ethan
Nature can have its lowering kit back haha I want a truck not a rod
so how do you fix those springs?
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 11:27 amby lbesq
three ways to "fix" springs. find others that still have good arch, have yours Re-arched, Have new ones made.
All have good and bad points in my opinion. New ones - Expensive; Re-arch yours - fair price, but unless done right, will flatten back out sooner than later; Finding others that are in good shape - could take a long time and may not be as good as you think, but generally price is reasonable.
Just my thoughts
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:20 pmby Ethan
lbesq wrote:three ways to "fix" springs. find others that still have good arch, have yours Re-arched, Have new ones made.
All have good and bad points in my opinion. New ones - Expensive; Re-arch yours - fair price, but unless done right, will flatten back out sooner than later; Finding others that are in good shape - could take a long time and may not be as good as you think, but generally price is reasonable.
Just my thoughts
Ugh i think ill let it go a while i have some electrical issues to deal with, does anyone know where you can buy I call it a grounding bridge, that little piece that mounts infront of the radiator that all the head and tail light wires hook to
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:43 pmby lbesq
I can look to see if it is still on the L150 nose I have. Someone else may have one.
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:24 pmby Ethan
lbesq wrote:I can look to see if it is still on the L150 nose I have. Someone else may have one.
I have it its just worn out and falling apart so my electrical connections arnt working to any of the lights so i thought id replace it
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:03 pmby WEW51L110
That electrical devise is called a terminal strip or terminal block. They come in a variety of lengths. It is a way of making electrical connections, especially when there are multiple wires dispersing from one source. There is a fair amount of flexibility you can do with them. There is a longer one located on the firewall, drivers side, too. Getting one from Radio Shack (The Shack) is possible or if you want a genuine IHC you'll probably need to do some extensive looking around.
Re: Front Leaf springs
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Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:20 pmby Scottso
Cole-Hersee has a nice selection of them;
See the Circuit Protection & wiring acc. section.
http://www.colehersee.com/home/catalogs/You can locate a vendor at the top of the page.